Good experience, but lack of support and bad lab practices - Anonymous employee EMSL Analytical Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are flexible hours. Vacation time is decent. A lot of experience to gain from working in the lab. The company likes to sacrifice pay for buying equipment and instruments. This is one advantage from working there.

Cons

Terrible pay for recent graduates. Management structure is very unorganized. Lack of support from management when it comes to workload. Quick deadlines (Longest is 2 weeks), but lack of resources to meet these deadlines. Bad lab practices are taught daily in order to rush results in order to please customers.

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5.0
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Pros

Great bosses, structured support from corporate office, workload is manageable compared to other labs I’ve worked for, overall culture is good

Cons

Benefits and pay aren’t great, particularly the benefits, they’re a little pricey and outside of preventative care, don’t cover enough imho, 401k is very low to where it’s almost nonexistent

3.0
Jul 19, 2026
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Pros

- Job is straightforward - Management is pretty lax

Cons

- Lacks managerial oversight - Very little PTO - Unsafe - If you do not have a Bachelor's Degree, you will probably not be advancing very far at this company. Management will lead you on, but will always give preferential treatment (bonuses, analyst positions, etc.) to people with more schooling.

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